Fountain polishing-brush.



M. 0. COOPER.

FOUNTAIN POLISHING BRUSH.

APPLICATION IILBD JULY 14, 1913.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Inventor Witnesses S y e n r O t LL A COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH C0" WASHINGTON, D C

U TED STATES PATENT OFFIGE,

MAXEY C. COOPER, OF SELMA, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO OTTO K. ERHART, OF SELMA, ALABAMA.

FOUNTAIN POLISHING-BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1911.4.

Application filed July 14, 1913. Serial N 0. 779,029.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MAXEY C. Goornn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Selma, in the county of Dallas and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Fountain Polishing-Brush, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fountain polishing brushes and more par ticularly to an attachment which may be secured tothe original polish container, usually a bottle, whereby the liquid contents of the said container may be fed down through the center of the brush as desired.

A further object is to provide a fountain brush and bottle attachment which. may be secured to the neck of an ordinary bottle, in the capacity of a cork or stopper, so that the bottle body will perform the duties of a handle for the brush.

A further object is to provide a bottle attachment in the form of a. fountain brush whereby the color of the polish is at all times visible through the glass side walls of the bottle.

A further object is to provide a bottle attachment fountain brush securable to the original container, usually a bottle, so that there will be no loss accruing from the transferring of the polish from the bottle to a containing tank, and to further provide a fountainbrush which may be instantly secured to a fresh bottle of polish or liquid immediately upon the exhausting of the bottle of liquid or polish to which the attachment has been secured.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof, the preferable form of my invention is illustrated, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved fountain brush bottle attachment and with a bottle illustrated in cross section secured thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the fountain brush and valve actuating mechanism.

Referring to the drawings in which si1nilar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 3 represents a bottle or container such as is used for the packing and transporting of liquid polish and allied substances, and includes a restricted neck 4.

As has been previously stated, one object of the present invention is to provide a fountain brush and attachment whereby the original container or bottle serves the purpose of a. handle for the brush and with this in view, the neck engaging portion 5 is formed of some material sufliciently resilient to forcibly engage the side walls of the restricted neck 4 and effect a rigid as well as a liquid-tight juncture thereto. The neck engaging portion 5 communicates with what is termed the valve chamber 6, the lower extremity of the latter being provided with a downwardly extending threaded tube 7 with which it communicates through the opening 8.

The upper portion or top of the valve chamber 6 is provided with an opening 9 in alinement wit-h the opening 8 previously mentioned. Extending through the valve chamber and through the openings 8 and 9 is the valve rod 10 the upper outer extremity of which is provided with the knob 11 whereby the valve rod may be manipulated. Also the knob 11 provides an enlarged portion against which a coiled compression spring 12 bears, the lower extremity of the said spring contacting with the wall of the valve chamber whereby a uniform and constant stress will be exerted in an upward direction upon the valve rod 10 tending to hold the valve heads 13 and 1 1 tightly against the valve seats which are formed by the inner surface of the upper portion of the valve chamber and the lower surface of the lower portion of the valve chamber respectively.

The provision of the two valve heads 13 and 14- provides that as the lower and outlet opening 8 is exposed for the discharging of the liquid therethrough an inlet air opening will be simultaneously provided allowing for the admission or ingression of air to the original container 3. Thus the valve mechanism provides for the positive delivery of the liquid and prevents the same from being trapped within the valve chamber, all,

of which it is thought is clearly illustrated in Fig. 2.

The downwardly extending threaded tube 7 which is in communication with the valve chamber 6 through the medium of the opening 8 is provided at its lower extremity with the flared head 15 which forms the inner member of the bristle holding brush. A nut 16 threadedly engages the tube 7 and is adapted to force the member 17 downwardly toward the flared head 15 so that the brush bristles 18 which are disposed between the members 15 and 17 are compressed and held rigidly thereto in the manner of a brush. The central portion 19 is unencumbered, al-

lowing for the passage of the liquid from the valve chamber through the opening 8 and alined opening 20 in the flared head 15 where the liquid flows down the inner surface of the brush forming bristles or, may drop directly upon the surface with which the brush is in contact. Thus the liquid from the bottle or original container 3 having passed through the valve chamber 6 flows down into the unencumbered central portion 19 of the brush bristles where it either passes directly upon the surface to be moistened, usually a shoe, or seeps its way through the bristles for the moistening of the same, it being noted that the final result will be-the same in either case.

The many desirable features and advantages inherent with an apparatus such as described will be readily appreciated, among the more important of which the following are mentioned. The fountain brush and portions secured thereto may be instantly secured to a bottle containing polish or other liquid which it is desired to apply to some surface through the medium of a brush. Further when the bottle to which the apparatus is secured becomes empty, the latter may be replaced by a new bottle by removing the cork thereof and inserting the neck engaging portion 5 in lieu thereof. The pres sure incident with an application of the fountain brush will not be so excessive but what the neck engaging portion will be amply able to withstand the same and allow the various parts to perform their functions in a successful manner. Furthermore, attention is called to the fact that as the usual container of polish and allied materials is usually formed of glass, the color of the liquid supplied to the fountain brush will be visible, thereby eliminating any chance of applying, say for instance, yellow polish to black shoes.

Having thus fully described the invent-ion, what I claim to be new and original with me is p 1. A fountain brush and bottle attachment comprising in combination a bottle neck engaging portion, a valve chamber connected thereto and communicating therewith, said valve chamber provided with alined upper and lower openings, valve heads, and a valve rod connected thereto controlling the upper and lower openings for the ingression of air and the outlet of liquid respectively, and a fountain brush carried by the said valve chamber communicating with the said liquid valve outlet.

2. The combination with a liquid container, of a neck engaging portion detachably secured thereto, a valve chamber communicating therewith and carried thereby, a rod extending through said valve chamber and provided with an air controlling inlet valve and a liquid controlling outlet valve, and .a fountain brush carried by said valve chamber and provided with an unencumbered central portion communicating with the liquid outlet valve.

3. The combination with a bottle with a neck, of a cylindrical member adapted to fit within the said bottle neck and to rigidly engage the same, a valve chamber connected with said cylindrical portion and communicating therewith, said valve chamber provided with alined openings, valve heads, and a valve rod connected thereto controlling the upper and lower openings for the ingression of air and the outlet of liquid respectively, a fountain brush carried underneath said valve chamber and in communication therewith, through. the lower valve opening.

a. The combination with a bottle with a restricted neck ofa cylindrical bottle neck engaging member adapted tofit within and rigidly engage the said bottle neck, a valve chamber carried by said cylindrical portion and in communication therewith, said valve chamber provided with upper and lower openings, a rod extending through the said upper and lower. openings and extending above the latter, valve heads carried by the said valve rod and adapted to close the said openings, resilient means adapted to hold said valve rod in an uppermost position with the valve heads in contact with and closing my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature Z he said valve chamber openings, and a in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

ountain brush carried b and in communication with the said valvzi chamber adapted MAXEY COOPER 5 to receive the liquid from the lower of said Witnesses:

valve chamber openings. C. L. DE PARDELETEN,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as O'r'ro L. ERI-IART.

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